Callminer

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Call center managers are tasked with myriad responsibilities, and they maintain responsibility for ensuring that their call center operation runs smoothly and efficiently. With managers often having large staffs of call center representatives to manage, regulatory compliance requirements to address, customer satisfaction to uphold, sales targets to hit, and more, it’s no surprise that call […].

Compliance 318

Compliance Customer Satisfaction Sales Contact Center 318

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

by Rich Archbold, Senior Director of Engineering at Intercom. It’s hard to win a battle you don’t realise you’re in. It’s even harder if you don’t know all of the armies on the field, their strategies and weapons, or even who’s a friend and who’s a foe. The same is true in software. We are all in a battle, multiple battles in fact, with a lot at stake: whether it’s the fate of the company we work for or for the product that we build.

Engineering 224

Engineering Technology Technology Innovation 224

CX Accelerator

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

We now live in the age of the customer, where customers expect consistent, high-value experiences. If customers don’t get immediate value, they will likely leave and go to a company who will deliver an experience that meets their expectations. To be able to know and understand what customers want, companies must listen to their customers. That’s why companies are implementing some type of voice of the customer (VoC) program.

Voice of the Customer 140

Voice of the Customer VOC Close the Loop Unstructured Data 140

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) meted out a $185 million fine that included a $100 million penalty to Wells Fargo in 2016 for their violation and abuse of consumer trust. The San Francisco-based bank, whose employees opened many fraudulent and unauthorized accounts in their customers’ name, now enjoys the dubious honor of shouldering the most substantial penalty the agency has issued since its formation in 2011.

Sales 141

Sales Start-ups Customer Experience 141

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The future of customer experience is decided. Isn’t it? Probably not. We asked 15 experts with world reputation in Customer experience the same question and the results might surprise you. Some time ago we released the first part of the interview answers, and this week guests are Lynn Hunsaker, Peter Lavers, Jane Treadwell-Hoye, Melinda Gonzalez, Matt Dixon, Vicki Amon-Higa and Raul Guillermo Amigo.

CX 129

CX Customer Experience Education Machine Learning 129

UJET

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Every year, companies like LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and Indeed put out lists of the top places to work. From hammocks and ping-pong tables to fully stocked break rooms and rooftop zen gardens, it may seem like company culture is directly tied to the amount of money you’re willing to spend. But a recent visit to a contact center, which happened to be located inside of the Perryville Correctional Facility in Arizona, proved the exact opposite: an awesome culture isn’t something that’s bought.

Contact Center 105

Contact Center Customer Experience 105

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

A few years ago I came out of a meeting with my product manager where we talked about the next feature we should build. At the time there was a lot of hype around Foursquare-like location sharing apps. We worked for a social network so we had to build something like that as well. Needless to say, we didn’t have a clear product strategy. To take my mind off things I opened my RSS reader and a post called “ Product strategy means saying no ” caught my eye.

Start-ups 217

Start-ups 217

CX Accelerator

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Using DiSC in a customer service context to enhance both the customer and the agent experience. There is a plethora of training options available to service leaders who are looking to enhance the communication skills of their agents. Having had exposure to many of these, DiSC is my top choice with the most significant impact. Having now studied DiSC and received my credentials as a certified facilitator, there is no mystery why the tool is so great for a customer service environment.

Customer Service 140

Customer Service Sports Construction Compliance 140

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

You are irrational. Your friends are. Your manager is. I am, too. Unless you know a Vulcan, everyone you know is irrational. People are irrational by nature. In my latest book, The Intuitive Customer: 7 imperatives for moving your Customer Experience to the next level my co-author Professor Ryan Hamilton of Emory University and I explore the influence of our emotions on our behavior as customers.

Construction 135

Construction Customer Experience CX Sales 135

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

There's a company X that collects customer feedback. Company X prefers the Net Promoter Score® ( what is NPS? ), yet it could be any other metric. They ask the very familiar NPS question: " How likely is it that you would recommend [brand] to a friend or colleague? (on a scale from 0 to 10) " after each customer purchase or interaction. But guess what?

Customer Feedback 118

Customer Feedback Net Promoter Score NPS VOC 118

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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Customer Service Life

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The #FreeToHelp movement focuses on how free your customer service agents are to help customers. This is an important component to the overarching customer experience. The idea is – the happier your agents, the happier your customers. The #FreeToHelp movement, founded by Leslie O’Flahavan and myself, surveys teams to understand pain points and areas to improve.

Social Media 100

Social Media Customer Service Contact Center Customer Experience 100

Callminer

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Call center managers are tasked with myriad responsibilities, and they maintain responsibility for ensuring that they are running a call center operation smoothly and efficiently.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

As a student of engineering you’re incentivised to write a lot and to read a lot. You’re expected to solve many well understood, discreet, simple problems, on paper, on sunny afternoons in late May and early June. This kind of learning has its place – it encourages discipline of thought and allows you to develop certain important muscles that will be useful for later – but to be successful as product engineer , you’ll also need to master a bunch of different skills.

Engineering 210

Engineering Customer Feedback Event Production 210

Fonolo

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The field of customer service is very close to my heart. As a young student I worked as a customer service representative, and as a “young” professional, I’ve dedicated myself to a solution that improves contact center interactions around the world. The customer service sector is unique in that it requires both companies and people to undergo continuous improvement.

Customer Service 102

Customer Service Contact Center NPS Customer Satisfaction 102

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

I’m a great fan of Apple, and not just because I use their products. For years, Apple has distinguished itself as a company that knows how to build an emotional connection with its customers. Because of that connection, Apple claims legions of loyal fans. But with its recent missteps in its handling of iPhone battery issues, one has to wonder: has Apple lost touch with its customer base?

Retail 131

Retail Customer Experience 131

Win the Customer

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Public relations disasters are many companies’ worst nightmares. Whether it’s a common mistake that leads to a temporary bad reputation or a bigger problem that affects the future of your business, negative PR can be hard to recover from. PR problems not only taints your brand name and personality, but can also eliminate customer loyalty and significantly decrease your profits and financial backing.

Education 99

Education Social Media Customer Loyalty Customer Experience Management 99

Heart of the Customer

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A common concern I see among CX pros is a concern over customers who are making “bad” choices. Customers who aren’t making the best use of the company’s products or services. This problem exists across industries, both B2B and B2C. Some examples include: Business customers who underutilize their purchased software; Patients who don’t follow a […].

CX 94

CX B2C B2B Customer Experience 94

Callminer

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Without call center monitoring, quality assurance can suffer, customer satisfaction inevitably wanes, and call center compliance issues can arise. But it isn’t as simple as it may seem.

Compliance 182

Compliance Customer Satisfaction 182

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

Technology

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Onboarding new employees is a hard process to do well. You might think of onboarding as something you just have to check off your list, but it’s easy to forget that things which are second nature to you are totally new and unknown to someone that’s just started. I joined Intercom a few months ago as an engineering manager and onboarding for the first time in a while made me realize some things I hadn’t before.

Engineering 203

Engineering Start-ups Education 203

Fonolo

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Today’s cloud-based call centers are increasingly built on top of platforms created by Amazon and Twilio. That includes newcomers like TalkDesk and Serenova, legacy vendors like Avaya and Genesys and companies from adjacent sectors expanding into call center like ZenDesk. For better or worse, this “stack” is going to define the contours of the next generation of call center.

Contact Center 99

Contact Center Start-ups Engineering Innovation 99

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The new cashierless Amazon Go store is open for business in Seattle , and it could revolutionize the way we shop. At least that’s what some people think. Personally, I’m not so sure. Amazon Go is an 1800 square foot market, with a mix of prepared foods, typical convenience store merchandise and the kinds of grocery items you’d normally find at Whole Foods, which Amazon also owns.

Machine Learning 100

Machine Learning Technology Technology Retail 100

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It has become all too common for B2B SaaS companies to survey their customers once a year through a moment-in-time customer relationship survey, with at least one section addressing the ultimate question of Net Promoter Score (NPS). Assuming the results are positive, the company then proudly presents their board with the survey results compared to industry benchmarks and proceeds with the board meeting.

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NPS Net Promoter Score B2B Construction 96

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eglobalis

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Top 30 Customer Experience New Books, I Read in 2017 and 2018 Expected Books. The post 30 Top Customer Experience New Books I read in 2017 & Expected Books for 2018, Which I Highly Recommend! appeared first on Eglobalis.

Customer Experience 94

Customer Experience Innovation CX Technology 94

Callminer

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Read the Santander Case Study, see how they leverage the CallMiner Eureka platform to stay compliant while maximizing revenue.

Finance 207

Finance 207

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In sales, we often talk about how to write great email subject lines or best times to cold call. This helps, but in the world of SaaS it’s more important to communicate with your prospects when the timing is right for them to engage. Case in point: product announcement day. Great companies will spend a lot of time crafting sophisticated product announcements with gorgeous design and content, attracting a windfall of traffic to your marketing site.

Sales 199

Sales Start-ups Customer Experience 199

Fonolo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

There are a few things to keep in mind when building an A+ team of call center agents. First and foremost, make sure that you’re hiring the right people (that’s of course more difficult than it sounds). Once the right candidates are in place, the training becomes critical. We already know how monotonous a call center agent’s role can be but, by making the training process exciting and fun, you’re creating a better environment for everyone.

Contact Center 92

Contact Center Gaming Start-ups Customer Feedback 92

Speaker: Donna Weber - Customer Onboarding Expert

Customer onboarding is so much more than going live with your product and driving adoption. The truth is, onboarding is the most important part of the customer journey. When you set positive first impressions, establish trusting relationships, and quickly deliver meaningful outcomes, you create customers for life. Invest an hour with Donna Weber to learn why your customer onboarding is critical to your success.

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ProProfs

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Today, people are keen to learn new things through online training courses. The reason behind that is online training courses are readily available, accessible and compatible with any device you are using. However, to create such courses, you need to use the right authoring tool that enables responsive design. It not only helps the user to create dynamic online courses but also ensures that it is compatible with multiple devices be it a smartphone, iPad, or desktop.

Entertainment 97

Entertainment Start-ups 97

Win the Customer

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Still looking to make some resolutions for 2018? Don’t forget to make a few for your small business, too. Much like in your personal life, you can take a number of proactive steps this year to positively impact your business. Plus, what business couldn’t benefit from generating more revenue or fostering better customer relationships? Here are four New Year’s resolutions every small-business owner should consider striving for this year. 1.

Social Media 88

Social Media Innovation Customer Relationship Customer Service 88

eglobalis

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

bridge silos gap customer experience service. The post Tear Down This Wall: 27 Ways to Bridge the Gap between CX Company Silos appeared first on Eglobalis.

CX 99

CX Customer Experience Customer Relationship 99

Callminer

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Call centers are constantly under pressure from regulatory compliance concerns.

Compliance 182

Compliance 182

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Churn starts within the first 30 days of customers purchasing a product. A lot of it comes down to the first impression customers get through the onboarding process. A poor experience can result in losing current and future customers, and unnecessary overhead. It’s important to know what a poor onboarding experience looks like, the associated hidden costs, and how to build a top-tier onboarding experience for your customers so you can avoid losing hard-earned revenue.